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First Great Western to terminate its franchise early

Managing Director of First Great Western, Mark Hopwood, explains why it is termnating the franchise three years early.

Will Berkshire have a new train operator this time next year? First Group - which owns First Great Western - has announced this morning that it wants to terminate its franchise three years early.

It means the company will avoid paying the government more than 拢1bn.

Mark Hopwood is the Managing Director of First Great Western and Andrew Peach asked him why are you bailing out?

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Wed 11 May 2011 07:00

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